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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-AE6CD4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy pin of Early-Medieval date (AD 700-900). The pin head is globular with four ring and dot decorations around its circumference. These features alternate between the upper and lower aspects of the pin head and have been punched in such a way as to give a flattened appearance which may be mistaken for a multifaceted style head. The full profile of the object however dismisses this possibility. A worn collar is present where the head meets the shaft. The shaft is uniform in diameter and circular in cross-section.
This pin has a corroded light green patina.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.7 mm
Width: 7.43 mm
Thickness: 6.66 mm
Weight: 1.87 g
Diameter: 2.5 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cottam (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9766
Four figure Latitude: 54.08079308
Four figure longitude: -0.5188166
1:25K map: SE9766
1:10K map: SE96NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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